Lithography lessons // Exhibit examines important medium

Chicago Sun-Times | July 5, 1998| | Copyright

"Artists' Lithographs: A Bicentennial Celebration" Through Sept. 6

The Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave. Admission: $7 adults; $3.50 seniors, students and children. (312) 443-3600

Oil and water don't mix. It's a basic rule of science. And it's being celebrated these days in the most unlikeliest of places - the prints and drawings department at the Art Institute of Chicago.

The artistic principle is lithography and 200 years of it currently fill every department gallery. On view through Sept. 6, "Artists' Lithographs: A Bicentennial Celebration," features 150 ...

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